Planning application
Briar Cottage Lowther Street PENRITH CA11 7UF
Works: Trees
Permission granted. Work must normally begin within three years of the decision or the permission lapses.
Proposal
S211 Notification, Conservation Area Tree works. Lawson Cypress tree on driveway bordering No61 Lowther St. Tree roots are interfering with drains and creating heave. Trunk is damaging fencing bellowing to No 61. Tree needs to be felled completely. It is creating a hazardous blockage to access long driveway.
As published by the council, reference 2025/2128/TCA
Application record
- Reference
- 2025/2128/TCA
- Type
- Tree in Conservation Area
- Status
- Determined
- Decision
- Tree CA No Objection
- Received
- 3 Nov 2025
- Validated
- 3 Nov 2025
- Decided
- 12 Dec 2025
- Ward
- Penrith North
- Parish
- Penrith
- Decision by
- Delegated
- Postcode
- CA11 7UF
Timeline
Dates from the published record
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3 Nov 2025
Received by Westmorland and Furness
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12 Dec 2025
Decision issued: Tree CA No Objection
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10 Aug 2026
Added to PlanIndex
Documents
Plans, drawings, consultee responses and the officer's report
6 documents on file for this application
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Open the documentsWhat this grant of permission means
Westmorland and Furness granted permission on 12 December 2025, subject to any conditions on the decision notice. Work must normally begin within three years or the permission lapses. More in our guide to what happens after a planning decision.
About tree works applications
Applications for works to trees cover protected trees: consent under a tree preservation order, or six weeks notice for trees in a conservation area. More in our guide to planning application types.
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Briar Cottage Lowther Street PENRITH CA11 7UF
S211 Notification, Conservation Area Tree works. Lawson Cypress tree on driveway bordering No61 Lowther St. Tree roots are interfering with drains and creating heave. Trunk is damaging fencing bellowing to No 61. Tree needs to be felled completely. It is creating a hazardous blockage to access long driveway.
Granted Trees 6 docs -
Northbank Beacon Street PENRITH CA11 7UA
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and condition 3 (cladding material) to use horizontal open Larch cladding in place of vertical clay tiles, attached to approval 2024/0752/FPA.
Granted Full applications 15 docs -
Northbank Beacon Street Penrith CA11 7UA
S211 Conservation Area tree works notification: for 1 - Remove Conifer hedge at the rear to allow for a new fence to be installed and remove single Conifer near the garage. 2 - Trim Conifer by approximately 6 inches to clear the overhang from behind the fence. 3 - Removing Conifer hedge to left of the front garden to allow for a new fence and removing the 3 small suppressed Conifers in the front garden by the Beech hedge to allow the Beech hedge to fill out. 4 - Prune Holly to give approximately 1m of clearance from the BT wires, conducted in accordance with BS 3998. 5 - Reduce the Apple in the front garden by approximately 1.5–2m. 6 - Trim the Conifer in the front garden lightly to maintain the current size and neaten the appearance.
Granted Trees 5 docsSmall domestic -
Northbank Beacon Street PENRITH CA11 7UA
Variation of condition 2 (approved plans) and condition 3 (cladding material) to use horizontal open Larch cladding in place of vertical clay tiles, attached to approval 2024/0752/FPA.
Granted Full applications 15 docs -
Northbank Beacon Street Penrith CA11 7UA
S211 Conservation Area tree works notification: for 1 - Remove Conifer hedge at the rear to allow for a new fence to be installed and remove single Conifer near the garage. 2 - Trim Conifer by approximately 6 inches to clear the overhang from behind the fence. 3 - Removing Conifer hedge to left of the front garden to allow for a new fence and removing the 3 small suppressed Conifers in the front garden by the Beech hedge to allow the Beech hedge to fill out. 4 - Prune Holly to give approximately 1m of clearance from the BT wires, conducted in accordance with BS 3998. 5 - Reduce the Apple in the front garden by approximately 1.5–2m. 6 - Trim the Conifer in the front garden lightly to maintain the current size and neaten the appearance.
Granted Trees 5 docsSmall domestic -
The Garth Beacon Street PENRITH CA11 7TY
S211 Notification; Conservation Area tree works: T1 Conifer - Fell.
Granted Trees 9 docs
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